"over"" the turnstiles (a common practice in times past so that children did not have to pay). Cronin died on 6 January 1981 in Montreux, and is interred at La Tour-de-Peilz. Many of Cronin's writings, including published and unpublished literary manuscripts, drafts, letters, school exercise books and essays, laboratory books and his M.D. thesis, are held at the National Library of Scotland and at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish novelist and physician. His best-known novel is ""The Citadel"" (1937), the"
"Vincent Cronin Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin FRSL (24 May 1924 – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance. Cronin was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire to Scottish doctor and novelist, A. J. Cronin, and May Gibson, but moved to London at the age of two. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and Trinity College, Oxford, from which he graduated with honours in 1947, earning a degree"
"Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999). All were born within a fifteen-year period and, although they cannot be described as members of a single school, they all pursued an exploration of identity, rejecting nostalgia and parochialism and engaging with social and political issues. Physician A. J. Cronin is now often seen as sentimental, but his early work, particularly his first novel ""Hatter's Castle"" (1931) and his most successful ""The Citadel"" (1937) were a deliberate reaction against the Kailyard tradition, exposing the hardships and vicissitudes of the lives of ordinary people, He was the most translated Scottish author in the twentieth century. George Blake"
"warm human understanding that has characterized A. J. Cronin's work from 'Hatter's Castle' onwards. To read it is an experience that will be long remembered.' Beyond This Place Beyond This Place is a novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin first published in 1950. The first Edition for Australia and New Zealand was in 1953. A serial version appeared in Collier's under the title of ""To Live Again"". It has been adapted for both film and television. The British film version (1959) was directed by Jack Cardiff and featured Van Johnson and Vera Miles. A television adaptation was broadcast on"
"of England, is ""The Stars Look Down"". Both these novels have been adapted as films, as have ""Hatter's Castle"", ""The Keys of the Kingdom"" and ""The Green Years"". Cronin's novel ""Country Doctor"" was adapted as a long-running BBC radio and TV series ""Dr. Finlay's Casebook"", revived many years later. Cronin was born in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the only child of a Presbyterian mother, Jessie Cronin (née Montgomerie), and a Catholic father, Patrick Cronin. Cronin often wrote of young men from similarly mixed backgrounds. His paternal grandparents had emigrated from County Armagh, Ireland, and become glass and china merchants in Alexandria."
"Anthony Cronin Anthony Gerard Richard Cronin (23 December 1928 – 27 December 2016) was an Irish poet, novelist, biographer, critic, commentator, barrister and arts activist. Anthony Cronin was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford in December 1928. After obtaining a B.A. from the National University of Ireland, he entered the King's Inns and was later called to the Bar. With Flann O’Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and Con Leventhal, Cronin celebrated the first Bloomsday in 1954. He contributed to many television programmes, including ""Flann O’Brien: Man of Parts"" (BBC) and ""Folio"" (RTÉ). He had honorary doctorates from several institutions, including Dublin University, the"
"Justin Cronin Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written five novels: ""Mary and O'Neil"" and ""The Summer Guest"", as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of ""The Passage,"" ""The Twelve"" and ""City of Mirrors"". He has won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Award. Born and raised in New England, Cronin is a graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He taught creative writing and was the ""Author in-residence"" at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA from 1992 to 2003. He is a former professor of English at Rice"
"Hatter's Castle Hatter's Castle (1931) is the first novel of author A. J. Cronin. The story is set in 1879, in the fictional town of Levenford, on the Firth of Clyde. The plot revolves around many characters and has many subplots, all of which relate to the life of the hatter, James Brodie, whose narcissism and cruelty gradually destroy his family and life. The book was made into a successful film in 1942 starring Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, and James Mason. The main characters are James Brodie (the hatter and tyrannical patriarch of the Brodie family), Mary Brodie (James' elder"
"John Cronin (convict) John Cronin (born 18 July 1971) is a repeat-offence Scottish convict. Imprisoned for running up a 140,000 kronor (US$20,500) bill in one of Sweden's top restaurants and then refusing to pay, Cronin is infamous for a string of sex offences against women, most notably against ""Judy X"", a Conservative Party worker, in May 1992. On 20 March 2013 at Antrim Crown Court, Cronin pleaded guilty to the burglary of Drumalis House (a Retreat and Conference Centre in Antrim) on 15 February 2012 and the theft of money belonging to the Church. Cronin is also the centre of"
"The Keys of the Kingdom The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A. J. Cronin. Spanning six decades, it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm, an unconventional Scottish Catholic priest who struggles to establish a mission in China. Beset by tragedy in his youth, as a missionary Chisholm endures many years of hardship, punctuated by famine, plague and war in the Chinese province to which he is assigned. Through a life guided by compassion and tolerance, Chisholm earns the respect of the Chinese—and of fellow clergy who would mistrust him—with his kindly, high-minded and courageous ways."
"current debate in Scotland over the reporting and handling of sex offenders and how they are dealt with once out of prison. Cronin was born in Edinburgh, the son of Michael Cronin (of Limerick, Ireland) and Jeanette Cronin (of East Lothian, Scotland). Cronin's early years were marked with frequent moves between East Lothian, Limerick, and the U.S. (where the elder Cronin was a member of the U.S. Army). In 1978, the Cronins moved back to East Lothian to care for Jeanette's father, who was ill. It was about this time they discovered that Cronin was in need of assistance. By"
"buildings and environs of the school Cronin attended. Reference is also made to his footballing exploits as Cronin was reputedly an excellent footballer and played in the College First XI . Cronin never specifically mentioned his own school in his books but does refer to another Jesuit school, Stonyhurst and a combination of Stonyhurst and Ampleforth called ""Amplehurst"". He also never refers directly to Glasgow, but to the fictional locale of ""Winton"", which often stands in for Glasgow in Cronin's novels. The Minstrel Boy (novel) The Minstrel Boy (also published under the title Desmonde) is a 1975 novel by A."
"Owen Cronin, his grandfather, had had his surname changed from Cronague in 1870. His maternal grandfather, Archibald Montgomerie, was a hatter who owned a shop in Dumbarton. After their marriage Cronin's parents moved to Helensburgh, where he attended Grant Street School. When he was seven years old, his father, an insurance agent and commercial traveller, died from tuberculosis. He and his mother moved to her parents' home in Dumbarton, and she soon became a public health inspector in Glasgow. Cronin was not only a precocious student at Dumbarton Academy who won many prizes in writing competitions, but also an excellent"
"and was on the Council of the Royal Society of Literature. Vincent Cronin Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin FRSL (24 May 1924 – 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance. Cronin was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire to Scottish doctor and novelist, A. J. Cronin, and May Gibson, but moved to London at the age of two. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Harvard University, the Sorbonne, and Trinity College, Oxford,"
"Grand Canary (novel) Grand Canary is the third novel by British author A. J. Cronin, initially published in 1933. Set in Spain, the novel tells the story of Dr. Harvey Leith, an English physician who is wrongfully blamed for the deaths of three patients and leaves his country in disgrace, ultimately finding redemption when thrust into the middle of a yellow fever epidemic in the Canary Islands. Lady Mary Fielding, who is to join her husband in the Canaries, and Dr. Leith, who plans to drown his sorrows in drink, engage in a romance on the steamship en route to"
"Adventures in Two Worlds Adventures in Two Worlds is the 1952 autobiography of Dr. A. J. Cronin, in which he relates, with much humour, the exciting events of his dual career as a medical doctor and a novelist. From the flye leaf of 'Beyond This Place' (Angus and Robertson Sydney - London): Adventures in Two Worlds: Dr Cronin's published novels make up an imposing list of successes. This book, his first non-fiction work, which relates moving and dramatic episodes from his dual career as doctor and novelist will certainly be as widely ready and applauded as his preceding publications. Dr"
"Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled ""Country Doctor"" and in several subsequent short stories published in ""Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan"" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to"
"the women, as well as many more, and knew them all by morning. Due to Cronin's father being a teacher and her grandfather and uncle having a big interest in books, meant that she was exposed to literature and the written word more than most would have been at the time. Cronin was a fluent native Irish speaker her whole life, as were her entire family and they promoted the Irish language as much as possible. After she married her husband Seán Ó Croinin, she moved to Carraig an Adhmaid, Ballmakeery to ‘The Old Plantation’ which was known as the"
"residence at Drake University. Anthony Cronin was married to Thérèse Campbell, from whom he separated in the mid-1980s. She died in 1999. They had two daughters, Iseult and Sarah; Iseult was killed in a road accident in Spain. He is survived by his second wife, author Anne Haverty and by his daughter Sarah. He died on 27 December 2016. Verse: main collections Novels Literary Criticism and Commentary Plays Memoirs Biographies As Editor About Cronin Anthony Cronin Anthony Gerard Richard Cronin (23 December 1928 – 27 December 2016) was an Irish poet, novelist, biographer, critic, commentator, barrister and arts activist. Anthony"
"Jeremy Cronin Jeremy Cronin (born 12 September 1949) is a South African writer, author, and noted poet. A longtime activist in politics, Cronin is a member of the South African Communist Party and a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress. He presently serves as the South African Deputy Minister of Public Works. Cronin was brought up in a middle-class white Roman Catholic family in Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. During adolescence he considered the idea of entering the priesthood. After a year's military service, which he spent conscripted in the South African Navy, in"
"Cronin has recorded not only the achievements of his early life but also the struggles and setbacks that gave him such a sympathetic understanding of the sufferings of others. Adventures in Two Worlds Adventures in Two Worlds is the 1952 autobiography of Dr. A. J. Cronin, in which he relates, with much humour, the exciting events of his dual career as a medical doctor and a novelist. From the flye leaf of 'Beyond This Place' (Angus and Robertson Sydney - London): Adventures in Two Worlds: Dr Cronin's published novels make up an imposing list of successes. This book, his first"
"Beyond This Place Beyond This Place is a novel by Scottish author A. J. Cronin first published in 1950. The first Edition for Australia and New Zealand was in 1953. A serial version appeared in Collier's under the title of ""To Live Again"". It has been adapted for both film and television. The British film version (1959) was directed by Jack Cardiff and featured Van Johnson and Vera Miles. A television adaptation was broadcast on CBS in 1957, and was produced by David Susskind and directed by Sidney Lumet. It starred Farley Granger, Peggy Ann Garner, Torin Thatcher, Brian Donlevy,"
"Elizabeth Cronin ""This page is about the singer. For the movie character, see Drop Dead Fred."" Elizabeth Cronin (30 May 1879 - 22 May 1956) was a singer/songwriter who specialised in Irish traditional music. Elizabeth Cronin, who was nicknamed ‘Bess’, and later ‘The Muskerry Queen of Song’ was born on 30 May 1879 in West Cork. Cronin was the eldest daughter of Maighréad Ní Thuama and Seán ‘Máistir’ Ó hIarlaithe, who was a village headmaster in a school of Barr d’Ínse (which is why he is ‘Máistir), in the Fuithirí area of West Cork, near the Cork-Kerry border. Cronin had"
"Edward Cronin Edward Cronin (born Cork, Ireland, 1 February 1801, died Brixton, 1 February 1882) was a pioneer of homeopathy in England and one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren movement. Cronin was born in 1801 in Cork, Ireland, before moving to Dublin for health reasons in about 1826. In Dublin he studied medicine at the Meath Hospital, and later utilised his medical ability on Anthony Norris Groves' pioneering mission to Baghdad – after the death of his wife in 1829, Cronin went with Groves to administer medical support including dealing with an outbreak of plague. While in Persia"
"that her rival has won it and fearing her father, she sends Mary out to the chemist on the pretext of getting some medicine, then dresses up and hangs herself. The story concludes with Dr. Renwick, who has been seeing Mary, taking her away with him to marry her. Hatter's Castle Hatter's Castle (1931) is the first novel of author A. J. Cronin. The story is set in 1879, in the fictional town of Levenford, on the Firth of Clyde. The plot revolves around many characters and has many subplots, all of which relate to the life of the hatter,"
"and Ann Harding. It was also adapted on 21 August 1946 episode of Academy Award Theater with Gregory Peck reprising his leading role. Cronin, A. J. ""The Keys of the Kingdom"". Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1941. The Keys of the Kingdom The Keys of the Kingdom is a 1941 novel by A. J. Cronin. Spanning six decades, it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm, an unconventional Scottish Catholic priest who struggles to establish a mission in China. Beset by tragedy in his youth, as a missionary Chisholm endures many years of hardship, punctuated by famine, plague and war"
"Irishman"" newspaper. Jailed for his activities, he left the IRA in 1962 after his release from prison. He later became a journalist for ""The Irish Times"", becoming that paper's first Washington, DC correspondent. He was the author of a dozen books and pamphlets, including a biography of republican Frank Ryan, ""Washington's Irish Policy 1916-1986: Independence, Partition, Neutrality"", an authoritative account of Irish-US relations; ""Our Own Red Blood"" about the 1916 Easter Rising; and a number of works on guerrilla strategy, including an early Sinn Féin pamphlet ""Resistance"" under the pseudonym of J. McGarrity. After several years of illness, Cronin died"
"University, and he lives with his wife and children in Houston, Texas. In July 2007, ""Variety"" reported that Fox 2000 had bought the screen rights to Cronin's vampire trilogy. The first book of the series, ""The Passage"", was released in June 2010. It garnered mainly favorable reviews. Justin Cronin Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written five novels: ""Mary and O'Neil"" and ""The Summer Guest"", as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of ""The Passage,"" ""The Twelve"" and ""City of Mirrors"". He has won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Award."
"five other siblings, four sisters: Mary Anne (b. 1882), Johanna (b. 1885), Nora (b. 1890) and Ellie (b. 1891), one brother: Tom (b. 1888) and two half-brothers: Dan and Tim who her father had in his first marriage. Cronin remained in the Baile Bhuirne area her whole life. She spent her teenage years on her uncle, Tomás Ó hIarfhlaithe (Tomás Bheirty) and his wife's (who was a sister of Cronin's mother) farm nearby. They were both childless. It was during these early years where she learned many songs and stories from her mother as well as on her uncle and"
"Jerry Cronin Jeremiah ""Jerry"" Cronin (15 September 1925 – 19 October 1990) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1965 general election as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-East constituency. He was appointed to the Irish Government on one occasion, serving as Minister for Defence from 1970 to 1973 under Taoiseach Jack Lynch. Cronin retired from domestic politics at the 1981 general election, having been elected to the European Parliament for a five-year term in 1979. He was born in Currabeha, Fermoy, County Cork, the son of Alice"
"first three years of his life in India until the family returned to their home in Hornsey Lane, Highgate, London in 1919. In 1929, the family moved to Woodside Park near Totteridge in North East Finchley. Cronin was educated at St Aloysius' College in Highgate from 1923 to 1924, then at Hodder House, the preparatory school for Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, Lancashire, from 1924 to 1930 before going on to Stonyhurst where he studied until 1933. Cronin wanted to join the Royal Navy, but his father decided he was to have a career in medicine, and sent him to St"
"Andrew of Wyntoun Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (), was a Scottish poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf's Inch and, later, a canon of St. Andrews. Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight-syllabled metre entitled, ""Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland"", which contains an early mention of ""Robin Hood""; it is also cited by the ""Oxford English Dictionary"" as the earliest work in English to use the word ""Catholic"": [spelling modernized] ""He was a constant Catholic;/All Lollard he hated and heretic."" Wyntoun wrote the 'Chronicle' at the request of his patron,"
"Bernard Cronin Bernard Cronin (18 March 1884 – 9 June 1968) was an Australian author and journalist. Cronin was born in Ealing, Middlesex, England, second son of Charles Frederick Cronin (1859–1887), an auctioneer, and Laura ""née"" Marshall (1850–1934). His father was advised to go to Australia for the sake of his health. Charles and his wife set off in 1886, leaving Bernard and his brother in England in the care of their grandmother and aunts. In Mitcham, South Australia, Bernard's father succumbed to his illness and died. Laura returned to London and in 1889 married Frederick Cecil Browne, who had"